Six Escapees Still at Large After Maryland Prison Break
In Maryland, after a mass breakout at Patuxent Institution, 34 inmates escaped Sunday night. By Monday only six remained at large as hundreds of state police, National Guardsmen, county officers, and Marines hunted them. four were spotted changing from prison garb in Baltimore County.
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Jessups
Patuxent Institution
Baltimore
Baltimore County
W. W. Corbin
Maryland
State Supt
James W
Corbin
James W. Curran
Six year old Ben Wagner found dead after kidnapping
Milwaukee boy Ben Wagner six was kidnapped on his way to a store and found stabbed five times in a roadside ditch near Grafton Wisconsin. Autopsy says no sexual molestation. Father Louis Wagner identified the body as authorities seek a kidnapper and car seen by witnesses Milton Geiger and Christ Wilhelm describe a stranger luring the boy into a vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Wis
Ben Wagner
Milwaukee
Louis Wagner
Wagner
Christ Wilhelm
Ben
Wilhelm
Milton Geiger
Geiger
Tax Opinion Sought On Newspaper Subscription Tax
Kansas Revenue Director J E Kirchner seeks a legal ruling on collecting the 22 percent sales tax on newspaper subscriptions. Attorneys will consult Atty. Gen. John Anderson after the Legislature voided a compensating tax on newsprint and ink effective March 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas Revenue
J. E. Kirchner
John Anderson
Department of Revenue
Kirchner
George Docking
C of C Names New Officers
The Chamber of Commerce elected Ebur S. Schultz as president for the coming year, succeeding Marlin Blackston. Dale Painter becomes vice president and Quent in Nelson treasurer, with terms starting May 1. The annual meeting dinner at 6:30 p.m. at the Masonic Temple will feature speaker William L. Graham of Wichita, founder of Private Enterprise Inc, known for international small business loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News Ofc
Ebar Schultz
Dale Painter
Center
Quentin Nelson
The
Chamber of Commerce
Tribune
Ebur S. Schultz
Marlin Blackston
Schultz
Painter
Masonic Temple
William L. Graham
Wichita Oil
Private Enterprise, Inc
Showers Forecast Across Kansas Tonight Through Tuesday
A cool front will move across Kansas bringing scattered showers and possible thunderstorms tonight and Tuesday. Forecasters expect cooler temperatures with lows in the 50s and highs near 60, and little change in temperature tonight. Eastern Kansas may see lingering thunderstorms tomorrow morning, while Topeka reported above normal weekend temperatures and some wind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Chanute Declares Clean-Up Week To Boost Fire Safety
Chanute officials and the Chamber of Commerce designated Chanute Clean-Up Week to reduce fire losses by removing winter rubbish and other combustibles. Mayor Dale Dahlgren issued a proclamation urging citizens to tidy yards attics basements and place waste in garbage cans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chanute
Chamber of Commerce
Dale Dahlgren
State
Kansas
Set Up for Fun Ends in Boy’s Fatal Crash
Twelve year old Richard Allen Wilson died when his lawn mower powered midget car spun off a track in a vacant lot and struck his family truck. His father watched the fatal accident in Fort Lauderdale Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Lauderdale
Fila
Richard Allen Wilson
Richard
Wilson
Docking Keeps Bank Stock Tax Dispute Alive
Gov. George Docking defended his stance on a 1959 bank tax exemption bill while facing Republican criticism. He argued federal rules tax national banks in four ways and noted state banks already tax dividends via a net worth formula. Docking disclosed he holds substantial both national and state bank stock and urged legislative restraint to avoid bias toward banking interests. Mellinger questioned the governor’s apparent alignment with banking interests and dependence on lawmakers with potential conflicts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
George Docking
Docking
Sam Mellinger
Kansas
Mellinger
Unusual TV Show By Guarded Troupers
In Lansing AP report, eight armed inmates taken from Jackson Prison perform on WJIM TV. The 60 minute show features convicts singing dancing and joking like troupers before an audience, marking the first outside prison show in 20 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Mich
Michigan State Prison
Wjim-Tv
Jackson Prison
Three Parsons youths bound over in rink burglary case
Theodore A. Nirschi Victor Neil and Billie H. Sarringar were bound over to district court after waiving a preliminary hearing. They are held on $2,000 bond each in a Gismo skating rink burglary where a record player and records were stolen March 27 and recovered after their Parsons arrest.
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Erie
Parsons
Gismo
Walnut
Theodore A. Nirschi
Victor Neil
Billie H. Sarringar
Six Juco Here Honors Six In Sigma Alpha Fraternity
Six Chanute Junior College sophomores were named to the Sigma Alpha honorary scholastic fraternity and six basketball letters were awarded at a morning awards assembly in the Little Theater. Members must rank in the upper ten percent and hold a 2.50 GPA or better for two years. The six honorees will receive Gold membership keys at a dinner at the Tioga Hotel on April 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chanute Junior College
Sigma Alpha
Karen Penner
Jean Watts
Edna Heady
Martlin Simon
Forrest Junod
Sam Morford
Tribune
Little Theater
New Sigma Alpha
Alfred Heady
Eric
Louis Junod
S. Ashby
Lillian Morford
N. Western
Eldon Penner
S. Evergreen
Marilin Simon
Huntington
Ind
C. F. Simon
S. Washington
Ned Watts
Tioga Hotel
Non-Smokers In Smog Area Resist Cancer
In Los Angeles a Seventh Day Adventist group shows a remarkably low lung cancer rate. Dr. Ernest L. Wynder notes only two cases among non-smokers versus 13 expected, with both cancer cases among former heavy smokers. He cites smoking as causing about 80 percent of male lung cancer.
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Excelsior Springs
Los Angeles
Seventh Day
Wynder
Burlington publisher named district governor of Rotary
Floyd Ecord publisher of the Burlington Republican was nominated district governor of Rotary International. The district includes 32 clubs in eastern Kansas and Ecord is expected to be elected at the international convention in New York in June. The district meeting, with more than 300 attendees, ends today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kas
Floyd $. Ecord
Burlington
Rotary International Today
Kansas
Ecord
New York
Traffic Fatalities Reported by State Records Section
Topeka Kansas figures show 5 deaths in last 48 hours bringing 1959 total to 117 and 1958 total to 107. The record includes one earlier fatality not previously reported.
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Topeka
Kansas
Chanute City and School Elections Set for Tomorrow
Chanute voters head to the polls tomorrow to decide city commission races for two seats and three school board seats, plus a decision on extending an industrial fund levy. Candidates include R D Churchill, Dallce Rush, Dr Henry K Baker, A B Johnson for the commission and Mrs Edwin Rideau, Mrs John Nation, Dr E C Cathers, Wendell Bowyer, Walter Poor, Ebur Schultz for the board. The levy would renew a half mill property tax to boost local industry, with transfers from utilities funds possible only if the levy passes. Polls open 8 am to 6 pm with unofficial results posted by The Tribune.
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Chanute
Commission
R. D. Churchill
Dallce Rush
Henry K. Baker
A. B. Johnson
Chamber of Commerce
New City Commission
Levy
North Malcolm
Alcott
Murray Hill
Roosevelt
Board of Education
Tribune
Mrs Semrad Hurt In Head-on Crash In Chanute Weekend
A weekend of crashes in Chanute included a head-on collision near Ash and Santa Fe at 12:27 a.m. injuring Mrs. Semrad and resulting in reckless driving charges for Joseph M. Peine. Emil Semrad’s wife, 20, was treated and released from Neosho Memorial Hospital. Other incidents involved several minor vehicle damages around Main Street and Lincoln Elm intersections.
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Chanute
Ash
Santa. Fe
Emil Robert Semrad
Thayer
Joseph M. Peine
Greeley
Semrad
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Peine
Chevrolet
Ford
W. S. Heryford
S. Evergreen
George Orosco
S. Steuben
W. Main
Heryford
Johannah M. Niermeier
Robert Lee Rhodes
Malcolm
Niermeier
Dodge
Rhodes
Charles E. Bowman
N. Washington
Lloyd Butler
N. Grant
Lee. Abbott
Iola
Abbott
Lincoln
Elm
Louis J. Junod
S. Ashby
M. V. Reagan
E. Main
Junod
Burns Fatal To Little River Boy
Donald Lee Briscoe, 13, son of Mr and Mrs Keith Briscoe of Little River, died after burns from a fuel can that ignited while he burned trash Friday evening. Survived by his parents, a twin sister Donna Dee, two other sisters and two brothers.
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Little River, Kas
Donald Lee Briscoe
Keith Briscoe
Little River
Donna Dee
Expensive Lining
Mrs. Robert Kelley suspects a bird stole a five dollar bill she left in a milk bottle for the milkman. She reports feeding birds all winter and once saw a bird take a note from the bottle. Today she placed a note on the bill. an hour later the note and bill vanished. The milkman denies receiving it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carthage
Robert Kelley
Kelly
Little Girl Burned Playing With Matches
A 5 year old Salina girl Tyra Lynn Parsons was in fair condition at KU Medical Center after her dress caught fire while she played with matches at home. She sustained second and third degree burns over about 20 percent of her body Saturday.
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Kansas City
Kas
Salina, Kas
Tyra Lynn Parsons
University of Kansas Medical Center
Salina
Ten $100 Bills Missing From Chanute Man's Billfold
Curt R. Cleaver reported loss of ten $100 bills last Tuesday between his home and a farm southeast of Chanute. The billfold was found beside a ditch at the Katy and Austin road junction. checks and papers remained, but the currency was gone. Cleaver said the money came from a catUe transaction.
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Chanute
Curt R. Cleaver
West 14Th
Cleaver
Katy
Austin Road
Five Fatalities Reported In Kansas Weekend Crashes
Four traffic deaths occurred across Kansas over the weekend. Names include George Massengill of Marionville Missouri and Jens Christensen of Somers Montana. Others are William New of Iola, Dr. Bert Anderson of Victoria, Julius Legleiter of Antonino, and high school student Jerry Thomas of Fowler.
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Kansas
George Edward Massengill
Marionville
U.S
Pleasanton
Jens Nelson Christensen
Somers
Mont
Ellsworth
Charles Zavesky
Ellsworth County
Joan Ruth Durr
Holyrood
Kas
Christensen
Rushton
William A. New
Iola
Hoisington Hospital
Hoisington
Bert Anderson
Victoria
New
Julius J. Legleiter
Antonino
Od Fowler
Kan
Jerry Thomas
Meade
Fowler High School
Thomas
Cecil Thomas
Fowler
Billy Don Eaton
Linda Hoop
Patricia Norman
Don Ely
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John Wilson
John
Hugh
L. J. van Hecke
Milwaukee County
C of C
Bill DeMent
S. Central
Santa Fe Park
Juco
Wasser
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